Crossfit of Fremont

June 20, 2010

SPOTTING!

Andy spotting for his brother Louie during a max reps effort.

I am on to your tricks!!! Some of you sneak in your last set of squats without a spotter. The last set is max reps. It took me awhile to figure out that some of you have realized that if you don't have a spotter, you can do less reps! I've walked up behind people in the middle of their last set and watched them start to rack the weight when I can tell they have several more reps in the tank. Use a spotter!!! The last few reps are where the results come from. Couple more work with the safety aspect of it, and squatting with a spotter always makes sense...

Right there with you PB. It's also just the psychology of having someone there that kind of frees your mind to rep it out. Hey does anyone out there struggle with the bar slipping? I'm in the minority that does low bar and every week I struggle with the rack around rep 8 or so when it seems it's going to fall off. Then I round and I have to re-rack to set it straight again, so I'm cheating every week. It's not a true max effort.